At the time of the 2006 National Census, the village's population was 936 in 264 households, when it was the village of Malafeh in Sharq va Gharb-e Shirgah Rural District of the former Shirgah District of Savadkuh County.[6] The following census in 2011 counted 855 people in 269 households.[7] The 2016 census measured the population of the village as 870 people in 292 households, by which time the district had separated from the county in the establishment of North Savadkuh County. The rural district was transferred to the new Central District, and Malafeh was transferred to Chaybagh Rural District created in the new Narenjestan District and renamed Chaybagh.[5] It was the most populous village in its rural district.[2]
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